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24 September 2010
India’s largest turbine manufacturer Suzlon Energy has installed more than 5GW of wind energy generating capacity in India, underlining the country’s fast-growing domestic market.
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24 September 2010
Developing ports capable of serving the UK’s growing offshore wind industry are essential to its further development, an industry expert told NewNet.
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24 September 2010
The main barrier to large-scale deployment of clean energy sources in the UK is obtaining finance, according to a major engineering group.
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24 September 2010
Following rumours that the UK government plans to cut subsidies for green electricity and heating as part of its imminent spending review, a coalition of environmental and housing groups has warned UK Energy Secretary Chris Huhne that making such cuts would jeopardise job creation, energy security and greenhouse gas targets.
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24 September 2010
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has made a recommendation to the UK government to re-design the recently-introduced Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) energy efficiency scheme in order to reduce its complexity before starting its second phase, which will last from 2013 to 2017.
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24 September 2010
General Electric (GE) and electric vehicle infrastructure company Better Place have formed a technology and financing partnership to accelerate the global deployment of electric vehicle infrastructure.
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23 September 2010
US private equity firm Pegasus Capital Advisors is rumoured to be helping to set up a bank that would finance carbon reduction.
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23 September 2010
The amount of wind power installed in the UK has broken the 5GW barrier through the commissioning of Fred Olsen Renewables’ Crystal Rig and Vattenfall’s 300MW Thanet Offshore wind farm, the biggest in the world.
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23 September 2010
Privately-held renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company Gevo has closed its acquisition of Agri-Energy’s ethanol production facility in Minnesota, US, which it plans to refit for the production of renewable isobutanol.
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23 September 2010
The US state of New Jersey’s largest solar panel array is due to be inaugurated today at the Janssen division of Dutch pharmaceuticals company Ortho-McNeil-Janssen.
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23 September 2010
SolarWorld Americas, the sales and marketing arm of US solar panel manufacturer SolarWorld, has unveiled a suite of ‘no-money-down’ financing options for authorised installers that it claims can accelerate initial cost hurdles and provide savings.
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23 September 2010
Energy utility E.ON said it will grow operating profit from its renewables unit by more than two-thirds in 2010, according to reports.
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23 September 2010
Energy efficiency company Carmanah Technologies has received orders totalling over $1.1m in recent weeks from the US Coast Guard for its solar LED marine lanterns as part of the organisation’s seasonal stock-up.
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23 September 2010
Electronics and materials major DuPont said it expected to reach annual revenues of $1bn from sales into the photovoltaic market in 2010, a year ahead of its target.
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23 September 2010
Ingenious Solar UK VCT1 and sister company Ingenious Solar UK VCT2 will look to raise up to £30m through a public share offering in order to invest in companies operating in the UK solar energy market.
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23 September 2010
Iberdrola Renewables, the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Constellation Energy Control & Dispatch and software provider Versify Solutions have launched a pilot programme to connect more wind power to the US Pacific Northwest’s electricity grid.
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23 September 2010
Information company IHS has acquired two environmental health and safety information companies, Atrion International and Syntex Management Systems, for a combined price of $80m.
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23 September 2010
The world’s installed wind capacity will reach close to 200GW by the end of the year, the Global Wind Energy Council said.
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23 September 2010
Triple Point Investment Management has launched an income fund that will target the UK solar sector and is seeking to raise £100m from institutional and high-net worth investors.
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23 September 2010
Bertrand Piccard’s and André Borschberg’s Solar Impulse HB-SIA has completed its first flight across Switzerland powered solely by solar energy and plans to undertake its first international flight in 2011.
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